Fantasia
Singer Fantasia Barrino is the latest celeb to jump to Rachel Jeantel’s defense. The songstress took to Instagram to share a photo of Jeantel that was captioned with the teen’s possible thoughts about the case. “I am hurt, scared and really don’t want to do this,” read the photo. “My speech and articulation may not be as good as yours but I am here doing the best I can so don’t judge me.”
Fantasia then left the comment below:
“Sad that an innocent young man lost his life at the hands of another man, and here it is someone doing what they can for justice and she’s being crucified,” wrote the singer.
“Worst part of it all, mostly by her own people. Please stop the hate, people, I’ve dealt with this type of hate far too long, to the point I’m numb to it but this young lady deserves better than what we deal with as celebrities,” she added.
She is doing a deed in support of justice for Trayvon, give her a little more respect. To make it easy, if you can’t say anything positive, don’t say anything at all. #justiceforTrayvon
Many have surmised that Fantasia decided to defend Jeantel because at one time was criticized for admitting that she was illiterate.
